Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 3/6] RAMBlock: Add a name field

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 06/09/10 04:40, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 06/08/2010 09:30 PM, Paul Brook wrote:
> > > The offset given to a block created via qemu_ram_alloc/map() is
> > > arbitrary,
> > > let the caller specify a name so we can make a positive match.
> > > @@ -1924,7 +1925,9 @@ static int pci_add_option_rom(PCIDevice *pdev)
> > > + snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "pci:%02x.%x.rom",
> > > + PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn));
> > > + pdev->rom_offset = qemu_ram_alloc(name, size);
> > This looks pretty bogus. It should be associated with the device,
> > rather than
> > incorrectly trying to generate a globally unique name.
>
> Not all ram is associated with a device.

Nevertheless qdev could carry a list of any device specific ram, so 
qdev_free() could automagically cleanup for you on unplug.  You could 
also reuse DeviceState->info->vmsd->name for the ram section naming.

cheers,
  Gerd